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Pure Rhymes

Words that have identical vowel-based rhyme sounds in the tonic syllable. Moreover, that tonic syllable must start with a different consonantal sound.

  • rolling in the aisles
Pure Rhymes — Set #1 of 1

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End Rhymes

Words that have a pure rhyme on their last syllable only.

End Rhymes — Set #1 of 3
End Rhymes — Set #2 of 3
End Rhymes — Set #3 of 3

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Near Rhymes

Words that "almost" rhyme on the vowel-based rhyme sound of the stressed syllable like: be/eat or maybe/shapely.

  • indian file
  • on file
  • rank and file
  • as good as a mile
  • by a mile
  • give one an inch, and he will take a mile
  • go the extra mile
  • jaw drop a mile
  • miss by a mile
  • miss is as good as a mile
  • run a mile
  • square mile
  • make one's pile
  • crack a smile
  • plastic smile
  • cramp one's style
  • high style
  • on trial
  • stand trial
  • all the while
  • every once in a while
  • in a while
  • once in a while
  • worth your while
Near Rhymes — Set #1 of 42
Near Rhymes — Set #2 of 42
  • at times
  • behind the times
  • sign of the times
Near Rhymes — Set #3 of 42

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Mosaic Rhymes

Rhymes made up of more than one word. For instance, "jealous" and "tell us" or "shaky" and "make me."

One-syllable words do not have mosaic rhymes.

Mosaic Rhymes — Set #1 of 1